I have lived in Leicestershire some 40 years and do not recognise Spoch. Coldville of course is probably Coalville. Looking in my street atlas of Leics the nearest villages and places to Coalville which have separate names are Hugglescote Donington le Heath Snibston Ellistown Greenhill Agar Nook Bardon Ravenstone Whitick Heather Ibstock New Swannington Thornborough further afield Thringstone Swannington Common Peggs Green Coleorton Moor Coleorton Church Town Farm Town Swepstone Normanton le Heath I can't see anything that looks like Spoch - best guess would be a poorly understood Ibstock Ros ----- Original Message ----- From: <Djedge007@aol.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: [B.C.] EDGE from SPOCH (?) > I have a barely legible letter stating that my EDGE family came from a > small,place named SPOCH, near COLDVILLE in Leicestershire.. I suspect the > spellings are incorrect, but does something like Spoch ring a bell with anyone? My > gggrandfathjer, John Edge, was born 1814 or 1815, and entered Canada in 1832. > He was identified as a farmer. > > I hope someone can help me.. > > Donald Edge in Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > Wherever possible (except for personal messages) > please post replies to the list.Other people can learn from them! >